In 2013 Ellen Alemany retired as head of the Royal Bank of Scotland Americas and Citizens
Financial Group, receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award from American Banker the same year.
Her retirement would be short-lived: Three years later CIT Group asked her to revamp the
commercial lender, which serves middle market clients and small businesses nationwide.
Alemany quickly launched a three-year transformation plan that included simplifying and
strengthening the company and growing its core businesses.

Her four decades in financial services, largely focused in commercial banking, make her
well-suited for the task to revamp one of America’s 100+ year-old companies by focusing
on delivering for clients, customers and shareholders. Investors seem to approve, driving
shares up 50% since June 2016.

Top leaders from the biggest banks share
their insights during the most challenging times
for banks in history. This year features a mix of "new players" who come in to ABL from
the outside world, as well as those firmly planter in this sector. The group will discuss what
is different now in ABL from before, what observations they have as an "outsider" coming in,
how ABL has changed/what is different about it and many other topics. These conversations
will help shape the way you plan your coming year.

Key players at leading independent ABL, factoring, and other specialty finance organizations
discuss their perspectives on key industry issues including: current market conditions and trends;
opportunities and challenges, evolution of alternative products and their impact on independent
ABL/factors; employee development & workforce diversity, and more. This is info that will provide
you with the competitive intelligence necessary to foster growth.

Tom Ricketts was named Sports Executive of the Year at the Sports Business Awards, and, really,
who else was it going to be? Since his family bought the Cubs in 2009, Ricketts presided over a
makeover of the organization that culminated in a World Series championship in November. Hard to
top exorcising 108 years of futility.

In addition to his Cubs duties, Tom is also chief executive officer of Incapital LLC, a Chicago
investment bank that packages corporate bonds for retail investors. He is also a director of
TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation as well as the son of Ameritrade founder J. Joseph Ricketts.
Join us for this talk with one of the greatest business minds in all of baseball.

Featuring winners of the inaugural 40 Under 40 Awards, this panel will focus on managing
millennials and millennials then managing Gen X / Baby Boomers - A playbook on how to
navigate the generational differences in the workforce. The panel will attempt to address
an industry wide challenge: the recruitment and successful retention of millennials.

This year’s panel will discuss issues impacting cyber security is having on US businesses.
How big a problem is it really? What is the cost of recovering from a cyber-attack? What
can be done to protect your business and your client’s business from falling prey to an
attack. You’ve been attached, now what? Who do you turn to for help?

The International/cross-border panel will discuss how members of the CFA, other than the
large multinational banks, are meeting the financing and trade finance needs of their SME
and MM clients. We will explore topics such as PO Financing, Factoring, small ticket ABL,
and other forms of financing international AR and inventories.

Derreck Kayongo, founder of the Global Soap Project and CEO of the National Center for
Civil and Human Rights will challenge and inspire you with a life-story that depicts the
struggle for survival and the successful pursuit of the American dream. Born in Kampala,
Uganda, just before General Idi Amin Dada seized power, his family became refugees in
Kenya. He later immigrated to America to attend university. Today, he is a successful
entrepreneur and human rights innovator. Hear of his incredible journey and his
entrepreneurial spirit.